6th American Chess Congress

The 6th American Chess Congress was held from March 25 to May 27 in New York in 1889 .

One of the longest (64 days) in the history of chess competitions: two-circle, with 20 participants; in the 2nd round, the 1st draw was outplayed. 1-2 places were shared by Max Weis (24 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses) and Mikhail Chigorin (27 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses) - 29 points each. Max Weiss and Mikhail Chigorin played an extra match for the 1st prize, all 4 games of which ended in a draw.

Tournament Table

No.	Participant	A country	one		2		3		four		five		6		7		eight		9		ten		eleven		12		13		14		15		sixteen		17		18		nineteen		20		+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Mikhail Chigorin	Russia			½	one	0	0	½	one	one	one	one	0	0	0	one	one	0	one	½	one	one	one	one	one	½	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	27	7	four	29th	1-2
2	Max Weiss	Hungary	½	0			½	one	one	0	½	½	½	one	one	½	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	0	½	½	½	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	½	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	24	four	ten	29th	1-2
3	Isidore Gunsberg	England	one	one	½	0			0	one	½	0	½	0	one	½	one	0	one	one	one	one	½	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	26	7	five	28½	3
four	Joseph Henry Blackburn	England	½	0	0	one	one	0			0	one	one	0	one	0	0	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	½	one	one	one	one	0	26	ten	2	27	four
five	Amos Burn	England	0	0	½	½	½	one	one	0			one	½	0	0	one	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	0	one	0	0	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	24	ten	four	26	five
6	Samuel Lipschutz	USA	0	one	½	0	½	one	0	one	0	½			½	one	0	0	one	one	½	one	one	0	½	0	½	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	one	22	9	7	25½	6
7	James mason	Ireland	one	one	0	½	0	½	0	one	one	one	½	0			½	0	0	0	one	one	½	0	one	0	0	one	0	one	½	one	one	½	½	one	½	½	one	one	one	one	17	eleven	ten	22	7
eight	Max judd	USA	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0	0	0	one	one	½	one			one	0	one	one	0	one	0	0	one	one	0	0	½	one	½	0	one	0	½	one	one	one	one	one	18	sixteen	four	20	eight
9	Eugene Delmar	USA	one	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0	one			½	0	one	0	one	one	0	½	one	0	0	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	0	one	17	nineteen	2	18
ten	Jackson Whipps Chauvalter	USA	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	0	one	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	one			½	one	one	0	one	0	one	0	one	one	½	0	0	one	½	one	one	one	one	one	15	17	6	18
eleven	William Pollock	England	0	0	0	one	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	½	one	one	0	0	one	½	0			0	one	½	one	½	one	0	one	one	one	0	0	0	0	one	one	one	one	15	18	five	17½	eleven
12	Henry Bird	England	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	one	0	one	one	one	0	0	0	one	one	0			½	0	one	one	½	one	one	one	0	0	one	0	½	0	one	one	14	18	6	17
13	Jean Taubengauz	France	½	0	½	0	one	0	0	0	one	0	½	0	one	0	0	0	one	½	0	one	½	0	½	one			0	one	0	0	0	½	½	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	13	17	eight	17
14	David baird	USA	0	0	0	one	0	0	0	0	one	one	0	0	one	0	one	one	0	one	0	one	½	0	0	0	one	0			one	0	0	0	0	one	one	one	one	0	½	one	15	21	2	sixteen	14
15	Constant Burill	USA	0	one	0	0	one	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	one	0	0	0	one	0	½	0	one	one	0	one			½	one	one	½	0	0	½	one	one	one	12	20	6	15	15
sixteen	James hanem	USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0	0	0	0	½	½	one	0	0	½	one	0	0	0	0	one	½	one	one	½	0			one	0	0	one	0	½	one	one	eleven	21	6	14	sixteen
17	George gossip	England	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	½	0	0	one	0	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	½	0	one	0	0	½	0	one			0	0	one	½	0	0	eleven	22	five	13½
18	Dion Martinez	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	one	one	0	one	0	one	0	0	one	one	one	0	one	one			0	one	0	one	eleven	22	five	13½
nineteen	John Baird	USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	one	0	0	0	one	½	0	one	½	0	½	one	0			one	0	five	29th	four	7	nineteen
20	Nicholas McLeod	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	one	0	0	one			6	31	one	6	20

Literature

Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 275. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .

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